Sweet Adelines International 75th Jubilee Commemorative Album

In 25 years, we will be studying vocal production and emotional performing, and learning how to connect with an audience through the lyrics we sing. We will be performing in our communities, competing, and continuing to increase our membership by providing a supportive learning environment. Celebrating our past infuses our future with the history of lessons learned and also helps us create a path for continuing the legacy passed down to us from the visionary women of 1945 who wanted to share in the fun of four-part harmony singing. What an exciting 25 years this will be! —Renée Porzel, International President (2012–2014)

In 25 years I believe that we will have female barbershop as a part of the curricula in the majority of our middle schools and high schools because we will have expanded our YWIH programs to the point that educators understand fully what a valuable tool barbershop is in teaching harmony and ear skills. Sweet Adelines will be even more energized and no longer the “world’s best kept secret.” Our membership will include preteens to 90+ with advances in health care and the fantastic vocal skills we will continue to teach. Our unique sisterhood will ensure that the art of female barbershop endures well into the middle of the 21st Century! —Peggy Gram, International President (2008-2010)

Look back and be proud of what has been done in the progress of Sweet Adelines. Be humble in the face of all that is to be done in the future. The future belongs to each member . —Edna Mae Anderson, Founder of Sweet Adelines ( The Pitch Pipe , Jan. 1952)

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